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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup
I hear so many people talking about being afraid that they will run out of charge. It is amazing that so many people think there is not a gauge that tells you how much you have left similar to a gas gauge in a "regular" vehicle.
I have asked so many of them if they run out of gas regularly or if they pay attention to the gas gauge and fill up when necessary.
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Eh, I get where the fear comes from. Typically EVs have around half the range of ICE vehicles (though there are exceptions on either end of the range spectrum for both). And while there is a gauge that gives you range, it's always a little iffy since it doesn't know the terrain you'll be traveling in or the weather, so I HAVE had it drop much more quickly than I expected a time or two. Couple that with the fact that there are far fewer chargers than gas stations, and people try to stretch the range a bit since it's generally on the low side, and you end up with (at least somewhat justified) range anxiety.
My personal take on it is that there's very little reason that a two-car household can't have at least one of them be an EV. Very few people are driving 200+ miles on a daily basis, so it's pretty easy for one of them to be an EV just to use around town. If you just do that and charge it every day, range isn't even something you think about. It's road trips that get tricky.